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This is why we can’t have nice things, part 2

By Alex on October 21st, 2011 | last modified by Alex on October 21st, 2011

On the heels of my previous post This is why we can’t have nice things, we’ve had a another incident with hackers/malicious software. According to my host, exploiters found a way to exploit the WebMin control panel and load the site up with malicious scripts. As a result, the site was suspended again, and the account quarantined.

The good news is that we’re back up and running (again), on a clean account with updated software. Everything has now been restored from the backups -- However, because the new account is running a different version of Linux and a slightly different configuration, it’s likely there could be some minor glitches I haven’t discovered yet.

If you run across anything that seems broken, please leave a message in this thread and let me know.

Thanks for being patient with our unexpected downtime this month, and I’m glad we’re back (again!). 🙂

Alex

PS: I’d like to give a quick tip of the hat to our site host LunarPages, who did a phenomenal job to help get things back up and running.

I got introduced to C++ with your website. Too bad my friends do not know English or I maybe would have referred them to your website.
You actually saved me from making a lot of costs I might have paid to get all sorts of books or classes on cpp.
Just wanted to
std::cout << "Thanks" << endl << "Keep up the good work!";
return;
You are a candle, as you pay for the domain and hosting stuff off your own pocket, and let us benefit from this knowledge, for the good of humanity... I thank you.

I am running popular web-site and I ran into similar problem with shared hosting. I was using hostgator. My web-site was hacked and I got phishing pages of Bank of America. Although support removed the pages for me, they didn't care that much about the incident and never bothered to explain how did it happen.

Anyway, I found a solution for this problem. I moved my web-site to VPS that I manage myself. It's more expensive and requires more time, but it is worth it. Didn't have any problem ever since.

In addition to what I said above, the amazon electronic book is published 19 OCt 2010 (1st edition). One of the reviews says it looks like copy-pasted internet tutorial! As we all know, this site here offers its content since 2007 (at least). Damn. If you need a link, Alex, drop me a line. I care not so much if someone makes money out of something free, but if he/she organizes attacks on the free content to clear market then it rots.

I just found your website today because I was looking for some more information on learning C++. A couple of months ago I was looking for more learning materials on the app store on my Iphone and came across an app called "Learning C++" at the time it was listed for $0.99 and seemed fairly in-depth so I purchased it. I thought it was a steal for $0.99 cents and it was informative and really helpful in getting me back into programming mode after taking a summer off but now I feel like I paid the wrong person. The text that I purchased is exactly the same as what is here on your site other than the first maybe 10 lines or so in the first chapter. Even the chapters are broken up the same :(.
Currently the book is listed on the iphone app store for $4.99 the publisher is SoftMachine and author is Joseph Kalash, It's also on amazon for 6.99 link here:

Many thanks to awesome readers like you and George for making me aware of the infringing content. As you've correctly noted, those e-books copy the content from this site, word for word, picture for picture. I've been working with Amazon, the Apple App Store, and YouTube to remediate the situation.

Will do, thanks for sharing this info for free. It's nice to be able to have an extra resource for learning c++ outside of the textbook. Sometimes a different explanation is just what I need. I'll be sure to direct my classmates here if they need help.

nice to be back again and running this wonderful site. I have noticed you suffer many attacks, recently, and I would like to say something.
1. Is it possible to provide us with the tutorial content for download, so we can access the material in case of emergency? The site is really great and has many visitors, if it doesn't cost much effort, we will be grateful. (alternatively you could keep a kopy on a spare web site with free hosting, but that's more work I believe)
2. I found that this content is duplicated on amazon for sale. Different author, same figures and text (although code was not formatted with colors and line numbers as is here). Could it be that the frequent attacks are related to this? Its so strange.